I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
betting shop
offtrack betting
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Few states allow offtrack betting .
place...bet
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I had no idea which horse I should place a bet on.
spread betting
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
dollar
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You know, I bet you a hundred dollars you won't sleep with me.
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Yeah, he says, I bet you a dollar .
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You can bet your bottom dollar on that!
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Investors and traders who had bet the dollar would fall had placed such orders to limit their losses.
investor
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Soros made his fortune by setting up pools of wealthy investors who bet huge sums on global markets.
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With a minimal investment, investors can bet whether almost the entire market will rise or fall.
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Many investors had bet heavily in recent months that a balanced-budget agreement would have already been passed by now.
life
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While Cooley bets his intellectual life upon inquiry that depends upon such methods, these strategies for learning may fall away.
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You bet your life she was.
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Laybourne essentially bet the young life of Oxygen on this decision.
money
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I would have bet money she was high on something.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
put/bet/stake your shirt on sth
what's the betting
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What's the betting all was well the night the Vikings came?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I'll bet that made her mad!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Albert bowed over the girl's hand - Caro would bet it wasn't his wife.
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Crumwallis - I would bet - was sexually attracted, whether he understood that himself, or not.
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Fun and exciting, you bet , but is this the way to the Super Bowl?
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I bet he had the fish cakes.
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I bet you taste real good Ram.
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It became an offence for anyone in charge of children to allow them to bet in public places or to enter brothels.
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Should your management bet the company on a high-risk business strategy?
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Yeah, he says, I bet you a dollar.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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He. wanted to make a big bet on it.
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Berghuis avoids making big bets in a single industry, choosing instead to spread his risks.
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Many managers of similar funds are unwilling or not allowed to make very big bets on a particular market sector.
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Accordingly, big bets could be made.
fair
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As soon as a board attempts to interfere with management tasks it's a fair bet that profits will decline.
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And I got on at 50-1 immediately after that race, and had a fair bet .
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Since they're not, it's a fair bet that they show something she doesn't want you to know.
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It is a fair bet that this suspicion is right.
good
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Even if you spend more and risk recurring sticker shock, the place is a good bet to tranquilize you.
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Extreme surfer and skateboard styles are still a best bet .
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Held's road-focused 2080 gloves recently won a recommendation from RiDE magazine, so may be a better bet .
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Still, if a well-equipped sporty car is in your heart, the fifth-generation Prelude probably is a good bet .
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Udal could emerge as the best bet of all.
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A better bet for performance is the smaller 190, with the optional 2.5-litre diesel instead of the usual 2-litre version.
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I spotted a carton that seemed to be a good bet .
safe
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Above all, remember that there is no such thing as a safe bet .
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If you are determined to cultivate fruits, then the safest bets are berry bushes and nut trees.
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The supermodels are a safe bet and, in times of recession, that is what matters.
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Or is Paul Parker a safer bet ?
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It was always a safe bet , of course, that Hillsborough would be just about the least dangerous place in Britain yesterday.
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You can't have a safer bet than that!
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But Nintendo looks a safer bet .
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He may not fancy it, but it's a safe bet that he would be the first man to do it.
sure
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As Patrick O'Brien proved, maritime adventures are always a sure bet for landlubber readers.
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A bill to let workers carry health insurance coverage from one employer to another should be a sure bet to become law.
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At 38, he seemed a sure bet to become a towering figure of popular music.
■ VERB
hedge
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Not surprisingly, Whitehall has been hedging its bets with officials preparing briefs to cover a variety of eventualities.
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However, that has not stopped the cable companies from hedging their bets by getting into the satellite business, too.
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Dealers on the foreign exchange markets were also hedging their bets and the pound was also on ice.
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Now, what will we have to hedge our bets on?
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I made a decision, or rather I hedged my bets .
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Still, it always is wise to hedge our bets about the future.
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Maybe, I tell myself, I was really hedging my bets .
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Pat Hayes, a 10-year plant veteran at the age of 30, has already begun to hedge her bets .
lay
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One of the orderlies, in defiance of the Prophet, began to lay bets .
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Digges argued that the Watch was way off, as was the island, and offered to lay odds on the bet .
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And millions of pounds are laid in bets over the three days of the most colourful event in the racing calendar.
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People read the New York Post and laid bets on whatever game was to be played that evening.
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Nicholas Young laid over £10m-worth of bets in five years - at least a third of it with other people's money.
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I laid a small bet with myself that he couldn't get beyond level two of Super Mario Brothers.
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He laid a small bet with himself that Fishbane had been responsible for giving her this photo-opportunity.
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A crowd had come then to stare and cheer and lay bets - with the man Randall.
look
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Son-shine boy looks a real Bonny bet !
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He now looks a good bet to go through to the next stage of the competition tomorrow.
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Despite the presence of the unbeaten Daarik, Montendre looks the best bet at York.
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But Nintendo looks a safer bet .
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This race gave McCallen one of his five wins last year, and looks his best bet for an action replay victory.
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I was chided for implying in last month's notes that Somerset looked rather a better bet than Gloucestershire.
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In town, this becomes tiresome and the £359 optional power assistance looks a good bet .
lose
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But if they were gambling on becoming a regional force, they seem to have lost the bet .
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He blamed an October snowstorm in Denver for losing a $ 500 bet on the Broncos.
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Steve Jobs lost his bet that the Macintosh would be finished before Lisa.
make
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Balvinder jumped up and down, punched the air, then promptly confronted the man with whom he had made the bet .
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Thousands of others raced back at halftime to make additional proposition bets .
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I made some bets and they came good.
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But when the game was over, we found out that the guy who made the bet put his money on Cincinnati.
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That makes them a good bet if you travel with a laptop computer.
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He. wanted to make a big bet on it.
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There are lots of ways to make the same bet .
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And behind him, a hundred people lamented and laughed and made bets and dreamed.
place
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He placed the bet by messenger.
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About half the normal amount of trades took place as traders were reluctant to place bets ahead of the long weekend.
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Sam would place bets on the horses for him, as Dad was unable to write a slip, nor comprehend form.
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A trader placed bets in the markets on behalf of Salomon Brothers.
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The only way you can place a cash bet is with a bookmaker on Saturday.
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With our last two food dollars he placed still another bet and lost.
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Like every shrewd politician, Michael Heseltine has placed a two-way bet .
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He dialed what I gathered to be his bookie and placed two bets of five pounds each on horses racing that day.
seem
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Incredibly, it seems they stopped taking bets on Whaddon finishing bottom way before Christmas.
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At 38, he seemed a sure bet to become a towering figure of popular music.
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Our subjective judgement of what seems like a good bet is irrelevant to what is actually a good bet.
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Solar desalination plants, though requiring a great emphasis on cash rather than labour, seem the best long-term bet here.
take
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The time has not yet come to take bets on which of our neighbours will swallow us up.
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He wanted to take back the bet just to keep from getting entangled.
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Sometimes they took bets on the heights or depths of things and the location of things and the number of things.
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Equilibrium is everything to sportsbook operators, who look to make money by taking a commission on bets .
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I would take another bet that the response of the core countries would be protectionist.
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I would take a sizable bet that the coming months are going to be most interesting ones.
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Incredibly, it seems they stopped taking bets on Whaddon finishing bottom way before Christmas.
win
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He has slept in graveyards since being a boy and six years ago slept in a coffin to win a bet .
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San Francisco won the game, but he won the bet because the Bengals covered with the points.
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He recalls with obvious pleasure winning a bet by eating 11 raw eggs.
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Anyone who has noticed recent elections knows that Alan won that bet .
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But beware playing this with Really Nasty addicts - they will probably take advantage of your Christmas hangover to win huge bets .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hedge your bets
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It's a good idea to hedge your bets by applying to more than one college.
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Dealers on the foreign exchange markets were also hedging their bets and the pound was also on ice.
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However, that has not stopped the cable companies from hedging their bets by getting into the satellite business, too.
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I made a decision, or rather I hedged my bets.
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Maybe, I tell myself, I was really hedging my bets.
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Not surprisingly, Whitehall has been hedging its bets with officials preparing briefs to cover a variety of eventualities.
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Now, what will we have to hedge our bets on?
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Pat Hayes, a 10-year plant veteran at the age of 30, has already begun to hedge her bets.
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Still, it always is wise to hedge our bets about the future.
put/bet/stake your shirt on sth
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a $50 bet
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A: Your best bet is to change your behavior and wait it out.
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Balvinder jumped up and down, punched the air, then promptly confronted the man with whom he had made the bet .
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Digges argued that the Watch was way off, as was the island, and offered to lay odds on the bet .
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Each of us invested ten shillings and we met to decide our bets.
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He blamed an October snowstorm in Denver for losing a $ 500 bet on the Broncos.
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Ira Sanchez offered a bet and the bookie took it on the nod.
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The highest yields are from a risky bet , while security means a lower rate of interest.
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With our last two food dollars he placed still another bet and lost.